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Constable

Ronald Arthur Ekstrom

Royal Canadian Mounted Police — ON

Undetermined

End of Watch April 22, 1961

Age 22

The Vigil Panel 216 ›

Gender Male

Division Rockcliffe, Toronto, E Division - Kelowna & Lynton, BC

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 332

Incident

At the time of his death, Cst. Ekstrom had been posted to the Lytton Detachment for only three months. He died in a non-collision traffic accident while in the performance of duty near Lytton, British Columbia. Cst. Ekstrom was buried at Mount Memorial Gardens in Lethbridge, Alberta. Constable Ronald Arthur Ekstrom Inscription on grave marker Constable Ronald Arthur Ekstrom

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Arthur Ekstrom served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Arthur Ekstrom.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Location ON

Platform Identity rcmp.fed.ca.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 22, 1961

Age 22

Gender Male

Division Rockcliffe, Toronto, E Division - Kelowna & Lynton, BC

Born Lethbridge, Alberta

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined

Incident Location Lytton, BC

Constable Ronald Arthur Ekstrom is one of 260 officers lost under undetermined circumstances across the full record of this memorial — 0.8% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In ON, 236 of 334 officers were lost under undetermined circumstances — 70.7% of this state's fallen. That is 69.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0.8%.

At Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 236 of 333 officers on record were lost under undetermined circumstances — 70.9% of this agency's fallen.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

236

of 333 officers

70.9% Undetermined

ON — Statewide

236

of 334 officers

70.7% Undetermined

Nationwide

260

of 32,508 officers

0.8% Undetermined

National Cause Distribution

How Undetermined compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Ronald Arthur Ekstrom's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Ronald Arthur Ekstrom Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Undetermined: 31.7 years

When Undetermined Deaths Occur

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Incident Location

Lytton, BC.

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